Noble family Angelus | Name Anna Angelina | |
Children Maria Laskarina, Theodora Angelina Parents Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera, Alexios III Angelos Similar People Theodore I Laskaris, Maria Laskarina, Alexios III Angelos, Irene Angelina, Isaac II Angelos |
Anna Komnene Angelina or Comnena Angelina (c. 1176 – 1212) was an Empress of Nicaea. She was the daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos and of Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera.
Her first marriage was to the sebastokratōr Isaac Komnenos, a great-nephew of the emperor Manuel I Komnenos. They had one daughter, Theodora Angelina. Soon after Anna's father became emperor, in 1195, Isaac Komnenos was dispatched to combat the Vlach-Bulgarian Rebellion. He was captured, became a pawn between rival Bulgarian and Vlach factions, and died in chains.
Her second marriage to Theodore Laskaris, eventually emperor of Nicaea, was celebrated in a double wedding in early 1200 (the other couple was Anna's sister Irene and Alexios Palaiologos).
Anna and Theodore had three daughters and two sons: